I just watched this, and really enjoyed it. Mark does a great job of communicating the essence of his book — although I'm not sure most authors would do such a good job in front of camera! And considering the subject material, the production values are very high. A 5-10 minute version of the film, perhaps uploaded to YouTube, could perhaps be shared widely and be helpful to many.

If you do more of these, Supernatural would be an obvious next step. But as to whether you could expect to make your money back, I don't know. People expect this sort of thing for free.

I also watched this and really enjoyed it though it did get a tad silly here and there but I'm sure some will like that aspect (KJV quiz show parts). Please keep this up! I hope one day FLTV can catch up and become more modern. In addition to Mark's suggestion, it also needs a my owned video section. If you expect people to buy more videos then making them easier to find would be great. I own several but finding them is not always easy.

To the other reviewer about supernatural, there is actually a set of videos on the unseen realm if interested though I do see the appeal of a movie as well

I'd love to hear your thoughts. Do you like the film? Does the format convey the message of the book well? Would you like to see other books 'turned to film' in a similar manner?

The video is excellently done and Mark is to be commended for his ability to write and present himself well in front of the camera.

Only nit... it appears that the camera lens was not clean when shooting him against the blue background. There are smears on the upper left side of the screen. It is not my screen as these moved consistently as the camera zoomed in.

I'd love to hear your thoughts. Do you like the film? Does the format convey the message of the book well?

Having not yet read the book, I can't comment on how well the video presents the book. Living in an area dominated by KJV-onlyism, I found the video entertaining, informative, and very well done. Now, I am inspired to read the book and share some of its insights with those whom I teach.

Bob Pritchett:

Would you like to see other books 'turned to film' in a similar manner?

Bob, I watched this today with my 10-year-old daughter and then discussed it with her. Even though the content was not aimed at a 10 year old, she was able to understand and discuss a decent percentage of it (some stuff like comparisons to Shakespeare) was clearly above her head. But what I think was telling was that the movie was an effective way to communicate. If a 10-year-old understood that much and sat still for the entire time, I think that this is a model that will probably be more accessible to a wider audience.

I also really enjoyed the movie. I have not read the book so I cannot say how well it communicates the overall message of the book.

I think the difficulty is that you have to have an author (or fill in) who is able to be as good of an on-camera communicator as Dr Ward.

I think that other books, turned into film, would be great even if the way in which it was presented was different so long as the quality of production was of this caliber. I would see biography being a particularly good type of book applied in this way. But honestly, with some creativity, almost anything could work. It certainly is memorable and efficient. I don't think I ever would have read the book, but now I know of an effective and respectful tool to engage in discussion with someone who is of the mindset that KJV is the best (or only accurate) English translation

Informative and interesting video that portrays the gist of the book, which I just finished reading. Mark Ward does good work. The book is certainly more detailed than the video, of course, and I strongly recommend the book. However, I thought the tones of the book and video were quite different.

The book was enjoyable to read with humor, kindness, fairness and firmness. The book is quite effective. The video came across almost a tad snarky and was sometimes hokey at serious moments. Different from book, the video is much more likely to rally cronies than to convert the opposition. I feel apologetic to say so in this context but still will say that I won't recommend the video to friends--while, I strongly recommend the book.

Make more videos like this! But, I would suggest:

1) Do not make them too stark with a scholar apparently imprisoned in an empty cell or wooden cage.

The only thing I was a little put off by were the role playing scenes (i.e. game show host, lab specialist, etc.). I'm sure many might find those entertaining, but I thought they were a little hokey.

I thought they were actually helpful to drive home the "false friends" point and to give comedic interlude and a little break in the content, but maybe the reason I liked them was that I was watching this with my 10-year-old daughter.